Monday, February 02, 2009
MAKING OUR KIDS PAY FOR OUR MISTAKES
The idea has reached a new low. LifeSite reports:
January 26, 2009 (LifeSiteNews.com) - Hundreds of millions of the nearly $1 trillion price tag on President Obama's economic stimulus bill is expected to go to contraception and the abortion industry.
Last week, during consideration of the congressional Democrats’ spending bill by the House Energy & Commerce Committee, the panel made universal a Clinton-era Medicaid waiver that allowed states to seek federal funding for contraception and abortion. Under the new program, the federal government would match state funding for "family planning" services with $9 for every $1.
House Republicans immediately criticized the move, questioning whether such funding actually helped stimulate the economy or create more jobs.
"How you can spend hundreds of millions of dollars on contraceptives – how does that stimulate the economy?" questioned House Republican Leader John Boehner (R-OH). "You can go through a whole host of issues that have nothing to do with growing jobs in America and helping people keep their jobs.”
House Democrats defended the measure, however, as an indirect means of reducing the burden on state budgets allotted to children's health and education.
Read the rest... in a link provided by NOR, including the role played to the infamous Catholic Nancy Pelosi.
